Those TSA body scans
I haven’t written much about this yet, but I know it’s a hot topic. I’m all for airport security. The problem is that what used to just be a minor hassle for the average passenger is becoming more than that. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Terrorism and terrorists
25th anniversary of the killing of Leon Klinghoffer
Ann Althouse reminds us that today is the 25th anniversary of the killing of wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer by Palestinian terrorists. In honor of Klinghoffer and his family, I am linking to a previous post of mine on the subject of … Continue reading →
Obama’s Justice Department…
…strikes again.
Continue reading →This is not the Onion…
…although it really really seems as though it should be. Nor is this.
Continue reading →Looking back: 9/11 coverage
The 9/11 anniversary is now over for another year. To mark the day, I went to YouTube and watched videos of the original coverage. Although I’d seen some of it before, I realized that a great deal of it was … Continue reading →
RightNetwork: on 9/11
The new website RightNetwork has a tribute to 9/11, with articles by Michele Bachman, Eric Cantor, Victor Davis Hanson, and more, including yours truly, neo-neocon.
Continue reading →9/11: nine years
Nine years. So much has happened since then that it seems as though we’re a different country now. And not a better one. For a while it seemed the legacy of 9/11 would be a unity of purpose, a stunned … Continue reading →
And now Fareed Zakaria…
…seems to have lost his ability to reason. The argument he offers in his Newsweek column about 9/11 and the US reaction to it is the equivalent of saying that, since the pneumonia patient recovered after getting the antibiotics, the … Continue reading →
Your Justice Department, working for you: the Cole prosecution
The administration has announced the suspension of the trial of the accused USS Cole bomber, just in time for the tenth anniversary of that terrorist attack, on October 12th. I’ve read the entire article, and it’s not exactly clear what’s … Continue reading →
Completely unsurprising news of the day: al Megrahi celebrates the one-year anniversary of his release
Yessiree, and there was a big bash planned, although Britain has warned Libya against it and Libya is apparently complying. As for al Megrahi, he’s living in a lovely villa, and his sons have been given lucrative government jobs. Is … Continue reading →
Obama, America, and the Ground Zero mosque
No one should be surprised at President Obama’s defense of the planned mosque at Ground Zero. It’s another in a long series of stands Obama has taken that runs counter not only to the opinions of the majority of Americans, … Continue reading →
Islam, religion of peace
Douglas Murray doesn’t think so.
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